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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 This motion tooke such effect, that about the seuenth daie of Februarie, certeine commissioners,Commissio|ners sent to treat of peace. appoin|ted for this treatie, that is to wit, Iohn the earle of Bedford, the lord Paget, sir William Peter the kings chéefe secretarie, and sir Iohn Mason, arriued at Calis: by reason of whose comming, the earle of Huntington, and the armie sent ouer before for the defense of the frontiers were countermanded from anie attempt, so that little or nothing was doone in that voiage, sauing certeine skirmishes at diuerse times, not much materiall to be written of. These commissioners being thus arriued, passed from Ca|lis to Bullongne, there to méet with the commissio|ners appointed for the French king, where as a cer|teine house was newlie erected for the said treatie to be had, which was vpon the side of Bullongne ha|uen next to France, where after diuerse méetings & conferences of the commissioners of either partie, a finall peace was at last concluded betwixt both the realmes. But chéeflie among other things, for the restitution of Bullongne and Bullongnois to the Frenchmen, which were vpon certeine conditions following.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 First,A peace con|cluded with France vpon certeine con|ditions. that the French king should yeeld and paie to the king of England a certeine summe of monie, and the same to be paid at two paiments, as it was then agréed: and for the same summe the king of England should render the towne of Bullongne, EEBO page image 1062 and all the forts thereto adioining, which he then in|ioied, with all such artillerie and munition as was there found at the taking of the same to the French king. And for the sure paiment of the said sums, the French king sent into England for hostages and pledges, the counte de Anguien, Lewes the duke of Uandosme his brother, the Uidame of Charters, and the duke de Aumale and others. And on S. Markes daie next following,Bullongne giuen vp to the French. being the fiue and twentith daie of Aprill, about eight of the clocke in the morning, the Englishmen did deliuer to the Frenchmen the possession of Bullongne, and the castels and forts in the countie of Bullognois, according to the agree|ments and articles of peace afore mentioned. And the fiftéenth daie next following the French king en|tered into the said towne of Bullongne with trum|pets blowne,He entereth. & with all the roiall triumph that might be, where he offered one great image of siluer of our ladie in the church there, which was called our ladie church: the which image he had caused speciallie to be made in the honor of the said ladie, and caused the same to be set vp in the place where the like image before did stand, the which before was taken awaie by the Englishmen at the winning of the towne.

Abr. Fl. ex I.S pag. 1046. N [...]w officers created of the nobilitie.¶ On Candlemasse daie, William lord S. Iohn earle of Wilshire, lord great maister, and president of the councell, was made lord treasuror. Iohn Dud|leie earle of Warwike, lord great chamberleine, was made lord great maister. William Parre mar|quesse of Northampton, was made lord great cham|berleine. Lord Wentworth was made lord cham|berleine of the household. Sir Anthonie Wingfield capteine of the gard, was made comptrollor of the kings house. And sir Thomas Darcie knight, was made vicechamberleine & capteine of the gard. And the earle of Arundell late lord chamberleine, with the earle of Southampton were put off the councell, and commanded to kéepe their houses in London. ¶On the 10 of Februarie, one Bell a Suffolke man was hanged and quartered at Tiburne, for moouing a new rebellion in Suffolke and Essex.The liberties of South|worke pur|chased. This time, the lord maior of London and the aldermen purcha|sed all the liberties of Southworke, which were in the kings hands.]

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